Wengli chicken(wèng lǐ xī jī)

Wengli chicken

Weng Li Ji, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w è NGL ǐ x ī J ī, which means people who are narrow-minded..

The origin of Idioms

Liezi Tianrui: "Jue Zhao is born in dampness, while acyl chicken is born in wine."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be an object; to be derogatory

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, many thinkers emerged. It is said that among them, Lao Tzu was Confucius' teacher. Once Confucius went to Lao Tzu for advice and asked, "you are well-known for your virtue and self-cultivation. In ancient times, all people who were gentlemen attached great importance to self-cultivation. I come here today to ask for your advice. How can I become a sage through self-cultivation? What is the main road? Can you tell me? Laozi replied, "I've heard about your reputation for a long time. You are also a man of self-cultivation. But as for self-cultivation, it's like spring water in the mountains. Do you see that spring water? At a glance, it's clear and flowing day and night. Who let it flow? Who makes it so clear? It's nature, it's heaven and earth. Besides the sky, why is it so high? Why is the earth so thick? The reason why the sky is high and the earth is thick is formed naturally. Therefore, the cultivation of a gentleman is like spring water, just like heaven and earth, which has a natural process. After Confucius came back, he said to his best disciple Yan Hui, "I went back to seek Tao from Lao Tzu, and then I realized that I didn't know much about Tao in the past. I used to know Tao as much as a chicken in a jar. My vision was too shallow! I met Lao Tzu this time. He opened the lid of the urn for me, so that I could see a wider world. The urn is a big jar for wine. "Acyl chicken" is the insect in the wine jar. The idiom "Weng Li Ji" is used to describe the small midges in the wine jar, who have been flying in the jar, unaware of the vastness of the world. It refers to people who are narrow-minded, and later it is also used as a word of self modesty.

Chinese PinYin : wèng lǐ xī jī